Wednesday's multi-sport local and college roundup: Apprentice overcomes CNU in baseball for second day in a row

Captains climb to No. 7 in softball poll as Jenkins is named D-III National Pitcher of the Week

April 24, 2014|Daily Press

Colleges:

Baseball:

Apprentice School (25-11) completed a two-game, two-day sweep of Christopher Newport (23-17) with a 15-3 road victory Wednesday. Chris Aldridge had four of the Builders’ 18 hits and scored four runs. ...

CNU (35-6) climbed from 13th to a share of No. 7 in the national Division III coaches poll. ...

Captains freshman Makayla Jenkins of Gloucester was named the D-III National Pitcher of the Week after leading her team to a pair of victories over then-No. 1 Salisbury en route to the Capital Athletic Conference tournament crown. Also, CNU’s Krista Lewis was named a Co-Rookie of the Year in the CAC. ...

Virginia Tech (31-18) split a doubleheader at Longwood (34-13), winning 5-3 before Poquoson’s Maggie Tyler (14-7) took a 3-0 loss in Game 2.

Men’s lacrosse:

Third-seeded Mary Washington beat sixth-seeded CNU 13-4 in a CAC quarterfinal in Fredericksburg, outscoring the Captains 7-0 in the first half.

The Eagles (14-2), ranked 13th in NCAA Division III, earned a trip to No. 2-seeded York (Pa.) on Saturday. CNU finished 10-6, its most victories in a season.

Women’s lacrosse:

No. 9 Johns Hopkins won pulled away from a halftime tie to win 14-5 at Old Dominion.

Women’s golf:

Old Dominion tied Florida International for fourth at the Conference USA tournament in Gulf Shores, Ala., which Tulane won.

Salisbury won 6-3 at CNU in a CAC semifinal, ending CNU’s season at 14-8.

Senior Joey Manilla, in his final match, won at No. 2 doubles with Tabb High graduate Chiraag Shetty and at No. 4 singles.

Soccer:

Women's Pro Soccer League commissioner Jerry Zanelli announced that Virginia Beach has been awarded a WPSL pro-am franchise for 2015.

Minor-league baseball:

International League:

A late lead evaporated for Norfolk as the Tides lost 5-4 to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in a Wednesday matinee in Allentown, Pa.

The IronPigs scored twice in the eighth inning to tie the game at 4, then won it in the ninth when Troy Hanzawa hit a sacrifice fly to right field, bringing home Steve Susdorf.

The Tides -- saddled with the IL's worst record at 5-15 -- took a 4-2 lead with a three-run fifth inning. Cord Phelps and Ivan De Jesus sandwiched walks around a David Adams single, and the runs came home on Brian Ward's single, Julio Borbon's fielder's-choice grounder and Jemile Weeks' groundout.

Tyson Gillies' RBI double made it 4-3 in the eighth, and Hanzawa came home on a wild pitch by Norfolk reliever Brad Brach to bring Lehigh Valley (10-10) even.

Eastern League:

Winner Jesse Biddle gave up just two hits in seven innings and struck out 10 as Reading (11-6) beat Richmond 1-0, avenging a victory by the Flying Squirrels (11-8) the previous night.

Ex-Squirrel Tommy Joseph hit a two-out RBI single to left in the fourth.

Football:

Buffalo Bills quarterback EJ Manuel announced that he will hold a football camp from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 21 at Bayside High, his alma mater.

He will feature individual and team skill development and will provide a motivational message.